The notion that the syllable is a unit of articulatory organization has long had intuitive
appeal, although a series of studies spanning more than two decades failed to support this …

The most salient acoustic features in speech are the modulations in its intensity, captured by
the amplitude envelope. Perceptually, the envelope is necessary for speech …

Utterances" are comprised of words belonging to various syntactic classes (nouns, verbs,
adjectives, etc.). The arrangement of these words follows precise syntactic rules, specified in …

A long-standing controversy in the interface between phonetics and phonology involves the
nature of sonority. This dissertation seeks to help resolve this problem by showing that the …

Das Studienbuch stellt auf hohem und doch allgemeinverständlichem Niveau moderne
Theorien der Phonologie dar. Es richtet sich hauptsächlich an Studierende der allgemeinen …

An accessible introduction to the phonetic analysis of speech corpora, this workbook-style
text provides an extensive set of exercises to help readers develop the necessary skills to …

First Published in 2002. Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series, this is an
in-depth investigation of the effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution. The …

Generative phonology is a developing field of linguistics, and is producing both rival
interpretations and models. This book provides a clear and accessible evaluation of the …

This study reports on how what is usually called “segmental” articulation may be affected by
prosodic structure. Articulatory properties of segments of various types are compared in …

This paper deals with/r/vocalization, weak forms, elisions and assimilations in connected
speech in German and provides phonological rules within the generative framework for the …